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Aviation industry must act fast on climate change: Airbus chief (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The aviation industry must act quickly to lower its own carbon emissions or face government regulation, the chief executive of European plane company Airbus wrote in a comment piece Thursday.

Music Industry Proposes a Piracy Surcharge on ISPs (Wired News) - The music industry is seriously proposing that ISPs levy a copyright surcharge to compensate artists for tunes traded online. The idea isn't new, but it is finally gaining traction. Consultant Jim Griffin, the plan's chief cheerleader, will discuss the idea at SXSW on Friday.

U.S. organic food industry fears GMO contamination (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Widespread contamination of U.S. corn, soybeans and other crops by genetically engineered varieties is threatening the purity of organic and natural food products and driving purveyors of such specialty products to new efforts to protect their markets, industry leaders said this week.

Movie industry steps up piracy battle (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News) - LAS VEGAS - Film piracy cost the movie industry $670 million last year and is becoming particularly acute in Mexico, where there are no anti-piracy laws, the head of the Motion Picture Association of America said Tuesday.

Gain Comprehensive Insight into the Furniture Industry in the Philippines with New Report (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c85732) has announced the addition of The Furniture Industry in the Philippines to their offering.

Chart: Forecasting Ad Industry Change (TV Week) - Ask a group of senior client, agency and media executives how the ad industry will change in the future and you’re likely to get some interesting answers. The Association of National Advertisers took such a poll last month at its Everything Video Forum.

Film Industry: Loophole 'worth £1bn' closed for producers (Independent) - A tax loophole that some experts believe was worth up to £1bn to the global film industry has been closed.

Energy Industry: End of biofuel subsidy 'only serves to muddy Whitehall's position' (Independent) - The Government will pocket £550m from the cancellation of a biofuels subsidy programme in a move that the energy industry said was indicative of a package of energy and climate change policies that muddied Whitehall's stance on the issues.

Ord River Resources Announces SARCO Presents Roadmap for Building Aluminium Industry in Lao (ORD.AX, 00822488, 20080313) (Huntleys' Stock of the Week via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Ord River Resources announced Sino Australian Resources (Laos) Co. (SARCO), a Lao registered company jointly owned by the Company and China Nonferrous Metal Industry's Foreign Engineering & Construction Co. outlined a comprehensive plan for establishing a Project for a World Class bauxite mining, alumina processing and aluminium smelting industry on the Bolaven Plateau in Southern Laos. SARCO's ...

Aviation industry must act fast on climate change: Airbus chief (TODAYonline) - Tom Enders, President and CEO of Airbus gestures is seen during an interview at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on February 20. The aviation industry must act quickly to lower its own carbon emissions or face government regulation, Enders wrote in a comment piece Thursday.